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TIL that during one July, 2007 segment of Fox & Friends they described the children's TV host Fred Rogers as evil for supposedly encouraging generations of children to grow up with a sense of self-entitlement. They also used titles such as "Blame Mr. Rogers," and "Was Mr. Rogers Wrong?"

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yn5e TIL Julia Louis-Dreyfus was pregnant twice during the production of Seinfeld and hid her belly with furniture and laundry baskets
E19BW TIL of the Cavalese cable car disaster, where a showboating US Marine Corps pilot sliced a cable car wire in Italy, killing 20. Despite proof of breaking regulations, the pilot and the navigator were acquitted, but later found guilty of destroying evidence.
5Vo7B TIL Senator Benjamin Tillman once called his fellow Senator from South Carolina, John L. McLaurin, corrupt. In return, McLaurin called Tillman a liar. Tillman then punched McLaurin in the face and McLaurin punched Tillman in the nose. The Sergeant at Arms and other Senators intervened to stop them.
E1Vyx TIL: During the earliest period of Earth's existence, the Hadean Period, 4.6-4.0 billion years ago, the surface temperature was over 200°C but there were still liquid-water oceans because the atmospheric pressure was 27 times as strong as it is now, significantly raising the boiling point of water.
PY4QG TIL Released in 1932, White Zombie is considered the first feature length zombie film. Reviewers were generally negative.